Best Journey At Hawaii | Mysterious World Landmarks In Easter Island Moai. The Moai were carved sometime between 1250 and 1500 AD by the earliest inhabitants of the island, and is believed to depict ancestors of the people, the culture they were detained in the same thing as god. One of the most iconic series of monuments in the Pacific islands is moai, a group of large sculptures of human figures are found only over a small isolated island Rapa Nui, or Easter Island. Scientists have determined that the statue was originally carved as many as 887, but years of fighting between clans on the island led to many destroyed. Currently, only 394 are still standing, the largest being 30 meters and weighs over 70 tons. The moai were carved and carved out of tufa, a volcanic rock common on the island, and they all feature the same characteristics of a large head, wide nose, and expression, the mysterious face unreadable.
The Moai average weighted several tons, and for years scientists have puzzled to explain how the monument is transported from the Rano Raraku, where most of them built, to their various locations around the island. Mystery, Even though there is a pretty solid consensus on why the moai was established, how the island was still debatable. In recent years, the most popular theory is that the builders used wooden sleds and log rollers to move the moai, the answer would also explain how the island is almost entirely green once become infertile due to deforestation.
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